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1EO-J VOL. XXIX. FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 28, 1873. NO. 3. A IS "Tf TP Ittltott Sdcgrauli.. Established in 1839. Old Series Vol. xxxv. Published Every Friday by X oh.ii IB. Williams. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, tn advance,.. . .$2 00 ' Single copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, Five cents each. AN OPEN LETTER TO ANY GIRL WHO CLAIMS IT. . They tell me you are what the world calls a flirt; that all the little attractions which nature has given you have been subordinated to base uses, and you hare openly boasted of the conquosts you have made through the power of coquetry. Pause, I beg of you ; it is not yet too late; you cannot know whither this tendency is leading you, or you would never have entered the path. There are many reasons why you should pause. The fact that you are so debasing your womanhood proves conclusively that yon could ever have known the power of a passion that has many times made angels of demons. Oh! you blush. It is well; it gives hope for the future ; it tells that you are not dead to reason and shame. , Shall I tell you why you are on the brink ot terrible danger ? Does not your own heart toll you that some time, as there enters into the heart of every man and every woman sooner or later, a love stronger than death and true as truth, so it must como to you, and in your soul of ouls you must feel that the only man worthy the admiration and love of any woman is one that would not for an instant trifle with the affections of another? Do you think that the true man whom you could honor as a husband would care to take to his embrace a wife whose line had been sullied by careless and promiscuous contact with any who had chanced to be the plaything of the hour? You may plead, iu extenuation of your fault, that you were engaged to those whose caresses you permitted, but, iii the several instances referred to, discovered before it was too late that you had mistaken a passing fancy for a life-long affectiou. It is. no excuse at all ; indeed, it proves you weaker than before. You have no right to promise yourself iu marriage to a man whom you are not sure you can love until death. These are not to be made matters of hasto and when you so far forget your womanly dignity as to snap at any chance bait , that may be offered, to find out later that you are mistaken, you must not wonder that-yonr name is bandied carelessly about among your masculine acquaintances, and the better kind of men begin to shun you. There is a difference, m v ronnsr friend. between prudishuess and womanly self-respect, and you will always find that any man, high or low. pure" in thought or thoroughly debased, will not forget the deference duo to a true woman. You ought to kuow instinctively that familiarity is 'no evidence of manly regard, and the proffered caress too often springs from a motive so base that 1 need not name it. Guard yourself, then, that, when the time does come iu which yeu can truly say to any man that he is more to yon than all else, you will have no reluctance to lay before him the history of your past life, unspotted by the breath of suspicion, untarnished by practices net open to the world; and, when the time does come, as you would have true ' sympathy and happiness in the future, ?;ive each other your confidence regard-ug the past; let there be no sealed pages, no forgotten details, whose ghostly presence will haout you ever after, and, if discovered, cast a shadow between you sad him who has trusted you. HOW KEENAN DIED. Grace Greenwood In the New York Times. X am convinced that consumption, in Its earlier stages, cannot only be arrested, but cured, by a residence in Colorado: but consumptives iu the last stages should by no means be sent out here. Sometimes they liuger a little longer, but more ften the end is hastened, especially if the patient comes alone. The air of " Mauitou, ever so balmy to me, was too strong for poor Johu C. Heenau, oppressing bis magnificent chest, and producing hemorrhages. , It seemed to all who saw : him that he might live if be could ouly keep up heart but he was utterly cast down. Ills sickness, comparatively sudden, the rapid decline of his splendid physical powers, seemed to him so mysterious, so unnatural, that he was subdued and frightened. There was in his look the mute, pathetic helplessness of some strong animal stricken down, but i not "consenting onto death." 1 am glad to have it to say that Mr. Heeuan expressed to his physician great regret and s manly shame for much of his past career, and s humble desire to live, that he might "lead s better life." Coffiu never closed over s more superb human figure than his was sll chance lor "a better life" buried with that abused and wasted bsdy? - ' DON'T BE TOO CRITICAL. . Whatever von do, never set up for a critic. . We dou't mean a newspaper one, but in private life, in the domestic circle, In society, xt will not ao any one any d it will do you barm if you r i being called disagreeable, If you i Uie any one's nose, or object to - mar one's chin, don't put your feelings into words. If any one s manners don't olease you, remember your own. People are not all made to suit one taste; recol lect that. Take things as you find them. unless vou can alter them for the better Even a dinner, after it is swallowed can not be made any better. Continual fault finding, continual criticism of the conduct of this one and the speech of that one, the dress of the other and the opinions of t'other, will make home the unuappiest nlaee under the suu. If vou are never pleased with any one, no oue will ever be pleased with you. And if it is known that vod are hard to suit, few will take paius to suit you. IT IS BETTER. Better to wear a calico dress without trimmings if it be paid for, than to owe the ahoDkeener for the most elegant silk, cut and trimmed in the most bewitching -omaoner. ' Hotter to live in a I02 cabin all your - awn than In a brown stone mansion be lntifrinir to somebody else. Better to walk forever than run iu debt ' far a horse and carriage. Better to sit bv a nine table, for which you paid three dollars ten years ago, than , to send home a new extension black wal-not top, aud promise to pay for it next Better to let vour wife have a fit of hvsterics than to run in debt for new furniture or cloth, or anything else that women wish for. A fit of hysterics prop erly managed is often of more real benefit than anything you couiu uuy. ' Coal Fields. Prof. Hitchcock 6tates that the total area of the coal fields i the United States amounts to 230,659 ' aouare miles, besides the strata which "' haloiiffa to other formations thau the car luuiiriiMni .a fnr innlniice. tnoBB OI Virginia, of the territories west of the vlllssouri river, ana tuose in uwiwrum. HOPE FOR DRUNKARDS. The Inebriate Asylum at Binghampton, New York. A Patient's Description of the Place and its Inmates. Inebriety a Disease that Can Be Permanently Cured. To the Editor of the St. Louis Times : A great desire has been manifested by people of the West who have inebriate friends or relations, to obtain some knowledge of tho institutions where the debasing habit of drunkenuess can be cured, aud all desire for stimulants removed forever. Ilenco I write this letter, iu which I hope to give an intelligent idea of the institution and tho system on which they are conducted, as well as the mode of treatment and the expense incurred by inmates. Of the only two inebriate asylums of which I have any knowledge, one is located at Baltimore and the other at Binghainpton, N. Y. I have been an inmate of tho latter and am familiar with its workings. The institution is known as the New York State Inebriate Asylum. It was at first operated by private enterprise, but it was finally turued over to the State, aud has been for several years a State institution. It is conducted with the same care and goverued by the same humane laws as the insane, deaf aud dumb or blind asylums. Persons from other States are not debarred from its benefits, but are admitted on the same terms as the citizens ot New York. The building is a large stone structure and is situated on a high hill overlooking the city of Binghampton. It is well furnished and the internal arrangements are admirable. Any one going there will find a comfortable and pleasant home. Within the walls is a chapel where divine service is held twice every day. There is also a theater in which the dra matically iuclined may amuse themselves, a carpenter shop, furnished with a coin- Clete set of tools, a billiard room, a li-rary aud reading room, freo for all patients, and a club room belonging to the OUapod club. 1 he asylum is at present presided over by Dr. Lyman Congdou, a gentleman of the highest order of talent aud a physician of great repulo iu this State. Ilia kind, urbane manners at once attract the unfortunate inebriate, who recogniz es in him a friend and father. Dr. Congdon has made inebriety the study of a lifetime and unhesitatingly pronounces it a disease as well defined as either the yellow fever or small-pox, and as susceptible ot treatment as the above, or any other disease. The treatment is based on the principle of total abstinence, wholesome food and regular hours for meals and sleep, together with the moral agencies brought to bear, contributing, to a great extent, to effect a cure. Briuging, or causing to be brought, anything in the way, of alcoholic stimulants on the premises is the gravest offense known to the rules, aud is punishable accordingly, often resulting in the expulsion of the offender from the asylum. There are at present eighty-five patiduts in the asylum, representing almost all the States aud Territories in the Union and several from the Canadas. This number embraces persons of all trades and professions lawyers, doctors, ministers, priests, authors, editors, teachers, merchants, musicians of all ages, rang ing from nineteen to eighty. Jkvery available moral and medical agency is brought to bear on the patient, aud it may be said of the skill and as siduous attentions of the officers of the asylum that fully eighty per cent, of the patients admitted return to their homes entirely cured of the debasing habit of drunkenness. From long experience in the treatment of this "disease," aud a careful investi gation of the habits and character of the patieut, the officers in a short time draw very correct conclusions. If, iu their ndgment, a patient cannot be improved, he is discharged, thus enabling his friends or relations to avoid the expense ot main taining turn in the Institution. Howev er, if a patient goes there with a heart- leit desire to be cured, with the determination to obey to the letter all the suggestions of the officers in charge, aud give his hearty co-operation iu all meas ures taken in bis behalf, he may rely on a permanent cure, though some fall in ?' - i J . r i L t a ' si wtin oiu associations aim nanus, auu are ere long returned to serve out another term of probation. That Inebriety is s disease is a con firmed fact, in the minds of the most eminent physicians, both in Europe and America. At the present time it is at tracting more attention thau any other disease known to the medical science, both on account of its alarming increase and its effects upon its victims. This being s state institution, the pa tients pay merely enough to cover ex Denses. the scale of prices ranging from eight to twenty dollars per week, mciua ing washing. The difference in price re -. . . . . . . ates only to the rooms and accommoda tion required. The table is alike for all, and is always provided with the best the market affords. All who euter the doors of the asylum are received on the same rooting, the poor and numme iaring as well as the most favored sons of fortune. It would be well if our own Legislature would take this subject into serious con sideration, and I hope that ere many ses sions of that august body have been held, measures will be taken to provide an asy lum where the poor inebriate may find a home free from all contaminating in fluences. until such time as he can be discharged aud stand before the world free and disenthralled a man again. IKLHAM, P. S. I was not the only man at the asylum from St. Louis or Missouri. The city and State are, in fact, well represented at;tho present time, and a good many others that 1 know of ought to be there. P. The Expenses Which Women Go To Women always go to extremes. They never have anything but what they wish it was bigger. Give a woman a ten-story house and she will sigh for an attic, 'it I had only some place to store things, you know r Do you know why water falls went out of fashion? it was be caust they got so big they could no long cr carry them. Don't you remember, at first they were no bigger than your fist; tiien they were as big as your two fists ; then the size of sugar-bowls ; and then they grew rapidly to dinner, market, aud bushel-basket size; aud their pro portions and weight were so cumbersome that they suddenly went out. It was so with hoops. Uur daughters commenced with keg-hoops, and wound up with the hogsheads, and then they went out. Then came the bustle, which grew so rapidly that it at last took four spiral bed-springs to make it stick out-aud, now., like Toby's candle, it is flickering out. And now come buttons. Touching Devotiox. Mr. Doty, of Springfield, Illinois, married a beautiful wo?ian. He lived with her a life of the exfremcst happiness for one year, when she died. Upon her death-bed, the foolish woman exacted a promise from the foolish man that he would never wed again. At that time ho was sure he would not. In due course of time the old love wore off, aud Mr; Doty became, engaged to a Chicago belle. Alter a while the memory of his promise to the dead woman haunted him and so affected his happiness that be told his friends ho feared it would cause him to commit suicide. It did. Being in Springfield he went to the room formerly occupiet by himself and wife, and blew out bis brains. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. A Social Grace That Cannot be Generally Cultivated. too Certain amiable cynics are so gracious as to say that most of the troubW; iu the world comes from women writing letters. AVith this kindly remark they dismiss the epistolary subject as too trivial for their mighty regard. Fortunately, this opinion is seldom expressed, ami letter-writing has not. therefore fallen into such disrepute as it must have done had this view been widely held. Good correspondence is oue of the social graces. To compose a really excellent letter is a most difficult and delicate task, calling into play all the intellectual faculties,and excercising them each iu turn. Thousands of persons, of good position and average culture, go to their graves without ever having written a creditable epistle during their wholo lives. Most people do not correspond with persons with whom they are on formal terms; and, when they write to relatives and intimates, they scratch oil' something about Jane's engagement, Harry's sprained ankle or Mr. Jones' change of business call it a letter. These family matters are undoubtedly interesting to the recipients but it would also be pleasant to know the writer's opiniou of a new book the last picture from some celebrated easel or the cause of some great national agitation. It is only through letters that widely separated friends can keep pace with each other's mental and spiritual growth and, if these subjects are never touched upon how can either tell whether the other has become an intellectual dwarf or giant since they met ? The gilt of language, of correct word using, is bestowed on few by Mother Nature ; but it is susceptible of great cultivation aud no method so naturally cultivates facility of expression as the habit of writing thoughtful letters. Instead of fewer letters, more and better ones ought to be written. Children should be encouraged and aided in their feeble attempts at correspondence, for they are laying the foundation of luture intellectual delight, if they but carefully try each time to do their best. Felicities of phrase, the power of expressing delicate 6hndes of meaning will come with practice. The habit of writing induces verbal exactness which conversation rarely or never docs, and is advantageous in many ways. The interchange of ideas and sentiments iu private correspondence is a mental stimulus too little appreciated and heeded, and, where time and circumstances favor, cauuot be too sedulously improved INTERLINING. Interlining is a sign of thoughtlessness id a sign of thought. As a sign of thoughtlessness, it shows that we did not think to put down at first writing what we intended. As a sign of thought, it shows that we have reviewed it and thought of something new. Some of 11a-cauley's essays were so interlined before he wrote them off the last time for the printer, that no one but himself could possibly read them. The interlining of a sermon is generally the best part of it. Every young minister's sermons should be well interlined ; after writing, review them carefully, and you will see room for improvement ; and preaching will give birth to thoughts that ought to be saved. When you read a poem, whose numbers flow smooth and sweet, you may think it came from the poet's heart and hand in that condition ; but if you knew its history, you would see that even that which men call inspiration sometimes needs improvement aud correction.Our lives are written upon our memo ries , the plain, bare outline recording sin and sorrow, and here and there the writing is buried with tears but it is all interlined by the hand of mercy. We can not see it now, for it is written with invisible ink ; but when the light of eternity falls upon it, that will be the clearest and brightest. Shining like gold, it will throw a soft lustre over the dark sentences we have written, so bright that they will be hidden ; or only be seen like spots on the sun, and Mercy's interlining alone will be read. But there is one record that we can not interline our lives written on others hearts. How gladly we would review, and write a kind act here, erase a frown there, put iu a loving word, a bright smile, and a tender expression. Harshness would be erased and gentleness written ; but no, no I "What we have written, we have written." Did Mercy interline that? God giant we may see it so in eternity. INTERESTING TO TRAVELERS. Fifteen Hundred Dollars Damages for Being Put off the Cars. The Circuit Court of Jackson county recently rendered a decision iu a suit brought against a railroad company, which is of interest to every one who may have occasion to ride upon railroads. Dr. Traver, a prominent dentist of Kansas City, purchased a ticket at Junction City, Kansas, paying full fare from that point to Kansas City. Dr. Travel's ticket was taken up by the conductor of the tram, and a check was given iu exchange, which was placed in Traver's hat. During the night, and while the train was between Lawrence and Kansas City, Traver was aroused suddenly by Conductor Shingle and his check taken from his hat, with the remark : "Here, you have stolen this click from a passen ger in the front car. You must pay your fare from here to Kansas Guy or get oil tho train." Dr. Traver expostulated with the conductor, and endeavored to convince him that he had paid his fare, and the check just taken from Imn was evidence of that fact. Dr. Traver was expelled from the car anil obliged to stand alongside the track until morning, when he took the next train to Kansas City, where suit was entered for dam ages. After a full hearing in the case, damages to the amount of $l,.0O() was awarded. Horse-Shoeing Extraordinary. Sonic days ago a match was made between two horse-slioers of South Brooklyn, each man betting $100 that he could make more horse-shoes than the other within a specified time. The names ot the men arc John Burns and George Boyle, and as both have the reputation of being adepts in the art ofhorse-shoeing the contest excited a good ileal of in terest. Tho match came oil last week, and was attended by large numbers of horse-shoers and sporting men from New York, New Jersey, and even t lie neighboring States of Connecticut and Penn sylvania. George Boyle worked iu his brother's shop, on Livingston street, and Burns worked at blavin if shop, on Atlantic avenue. Patrick Boyle watched Burns, and Slavin watched Boyle. Each man had a helper, the men worked eight hours, during whieh-Boyle turned out 11,010 shoes, while Burns manufactured but 11,000, thus losing the match. As an exhibition of endurance and skill, the feat was a most remarkable one, and surpasses anything in the horse-shoeing line ever accomplished in America. Some thousands of dollars changed hands on the result. New York Times. PROGRESS OF THE ORDER. The number of Granges reported by O. H. Kelly, secretary of the National Grange, on tho 8th of October was 8,025 which was an increase over his report of October 18th of '258. Thus the work of seven days will givo some idea of the growth of the order in theUnit-ertates. Captain Fry, of the Virginius. From the Memphis Ledger. The gallant gentleman whose name heads this article was lately murdered by the brutal representative of Spain iu Cuba. Captain Fry will bo known to many of our citizens when we tell them who he is. He was a Floridian, and entered the navy of tho United States on the 15th of September, 1841, and the navy of the Confederate States on the 2Gth of March, 1861. He commanded a small gunboat called the Ivy, aud passed up and down between New Orleans and Columbus, Ky., several times iu 1861. Iu the first part of 1862 he commanded the gunboat Maurepas, one of Hollins' fleet, and in the fights about Tiptouville, theCominodore frequently complained that Fry would not keep in the place assigned to him, but would "crowd" the batteries and do more than his share of tho work ; Upon the fall of Memphis, two of Hollins' vessels were sent to Arkansas. The Maurepas under Fry went up White rivor to a point below St. Charles where her guns were lauded and placed in battery. The gunboats of the enemy made a vigorous attack on the work, and were fairly and thoroughly thrashed and driven away. One was blown up and her entire crew killed. The place, however, was flanked, and Captain Fry was dangerously wounded, and fell into the hands of tho enemy. At Mound City, 111., he came near dying of his wounds, but was nursed by the Sisters of Mercy, and survived, he being a very devoted and enthusiastic Catholic. After his exchange lie was sent to run the blockade for tho government, where he remained until towards the close of the war. lie was noteil for his gallantry and great generosity of character. He cleared his ship for action in a manner that would have delighted Nelson, and was as kind to his crew and officers as if they had been his children. After the war he went to live in New Orleans, though industrious and frugal found it difficult to support his large family, and was no doubt in great poverty when he accepted the command of the Virginius. At the time of his death Capt. Fry was about forty-eight years of age, but looked much older, due to his sufferings from the wound received on Whito river, aud the general tendency to early decay of sea-faring men. HELP ONE ANOTHER. . This little sentence should be written on every heart stamped on every memory. It should bo tho golden rule prac ticed, not only in every household, but throughout the world. By helping one another we not only remove thorns from the pathway and anxiety from the mind, but we feci a sense of pleasure in our hearts, knowing we arc doing a duty to a fellow creature. A helping hand or an encouraging word is no loss to us, yet it is a benefit toothers. Who has not felt the power of a sentence? Who lias not needed the encouragement and aid of a kind friend? How soothing when perplexed with sonic task that is both dillicult and burdensome, to feel a gentle hand on tho shoulder, and to hear a kind voice whispering, "Do not be discouraged ; I see your troubles, let mo help you." What strength is inspired, hope created, what sweet gratitude is felt, and the great difficulty dissolves as dew before the sunshine. Yes, let us help one another, by endeavoring to strengthen and encourage the weak, and lifting the burden of care from the weary aud oppressed, that life may glide smoothly on, and the fount of bitterness yield sweet waters ; and. He, whose willing hand is ever ready to aid us, will reward our humble endeav ors, and every good deed will be as "bread upon the waters, to return after many days.'7 it not toils, at least to those we love. THE LADIES' CAR. The "ladies' car" is a vicious fashion, and fosters the art of lying. There goes a young man at the heels of a lady whom he never saw before or spoke to in his life, and ho is carrying a spick-and-span new bandbox. Aly word for it, it is as empty as a church contribution box on Saturday afternoon. He bought that box for precisely that emergency. The lady ascends the platform. So does the bandbox. The brakeman opens the door, and the young man slips in unquestioned, and secures a comforaable seat, lherc is another man. He appears to be a good man. You are sure lie is, and he stands where the brakeman can see him, and he touches his hat to a window of the car where nobody is sitting, aud then with a little smiling affectionate haste, he skips up the steps and says, "Please let me iu a moment," and in he goes. That unfortunate man never beheld a face in that car iu all his life. The more you think of it, the more vicious the fashion seems. It does not benefit the ribbons, and is a positive damage to the whiskers. Pen men up together, and if they do not act like cat tle, it will be in spite of the pen ! Wo men sprinkled through the cars keep the train upon its honor, if not upon the track, and elevate the lumbering thing from a common carriago to an educator. "PATRONS AND OF HUSBANDRY" "GRANGERS." The terms "Patrons of Husbandry" and "Grangers" do not seem to be prop erly understood. "Patrons" are often erroneously sailed "Grangers." A "Granger," as defined by Webster, is a bailill. All members of tho order of "Patrons of Husbandry" are "Patrons." The "Grange" is the placo where they meet the lodge. With the same propriety might wo call Masons or Odd Fellows "Lodgers," because they meet in lodges. The word "Grange" is derived from the French, and means a granary, or a farm with stables and necessary outbuildings. As tho degrees of the Order can be worked in an open field as well a in tho granary, the place of meeting is called a "Grange." There are "Subordinate Granges," composed of members who have taken the first three degrees; "State G ranges," composed of the Masters and Past-Masters of the Subordinate Granges ; and a "National Grange," composed of the Masters andPast-Masters of the State Granges. There is no different designation for the members of the separate bodies ; all arc "Patrons." The members of the Order should attempt to correct the impression about "Grangers," which has become 60 prevalent.TWENTY FEET VEIN OF COAL. The Ottuniwa Co nrier of the 6th lias the following, which is remarkable, if true, and the Courier is good authority : "The city of Oskaloosa is sinking an ar tesian well iu the centre ot tno puunc square. At the distance of ninety feet from the surface they struck coal, aud report that they went through a vein twenty feet thick of good coal. The well is now sunk about 1.50 feet, and progressing at the rate of about 25 feet a day. We got, our information from a citizen of Oskaloosa." Cf Cuba has but little over one million inhabitants, but in 18(59 her imports were forty-three aud a half million dollars, and her exports lifty-seven millions. In 1K70, despite the war, her sugar and tobacco crop was valued at $75,000,000 gold, and tho amount of capital represented in tho production of these two articles of export was computed at 200,- 000,000, or $1,000,000,000 gold.- What a mine of wealth the Island might prove under a true Government. WORSE THAN DEATH. BY K. K. BROWN. I had three sons three darling boys, Fair as the rosy morn ; And every day I thanked my God That these three boys were born. They grew in beauty, and they filled My humble cot with glee ; My widowed life could not be sad, . Wince these were left to me. Death came ; a shining mark he found My first-born stricken lay ; I knelt besides his couch and prayed As only mothers pray. In vain ; upon his lips I pressed One last, long, lingeilng kiss, And thought that nevermore my heart Could know a pang like this. Years passed ; the other two went forth, To tread life's bnay mart. With health and strength in every limb, And love in each pure heart. And when war's clarion blast rang out Through all our favored land, My next boy rushed to meet the foe, Foremost in freedom's band. Bravely he met the battle's shock ; And history's pages tell How with our banner 'round him wrapped, My darling hero fell. He sleeps to-day where marble shafts Kise o'er the martvred dead : For him ray mother heart is proud, .even wune tnesc tears l sued. Still one was left my youngest boy I folded to my breast, And thought in his strong heart to find a rciuge aim a rest. But ah, a deeper grief than all Sweeps o'er my soul to-day ! I mourn as never yet I mourned ADove my hrst-born's clay ; For his pure spirit, free from sin, Soared to its native heaven. My next one died for freedom's sake llis hie was freely given. But this one over heart and brain A demon's spell is cast : Intemperance rules, with Iron hand, jiy youngest one. my last. I plead with him my prayers are scorned; In vain mv tears are spent : This is the bitterest cup of all is it in mercy sent r To see hiin steeped in sin and shame, He who was once my pride. With mind debased and heart estranged Would that he, too, had died ! My soul is wrung with anguish deep ; Father, I kneel to thee ! Thou who canst break the captive's bonds, un, set my uarnng iree. No Man Independent Money. Who Owes The advantages of the cash system of business have been shown with peculiar perspicuity during the monetary crisis which is still upon us. Many men who were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and somo who were worth millions only a few mouths ago , now owe money which is overdue and which they are unable to pay. When or how they will be able to pay if they ever are the events of the future alone can determine. Some will work and worry through; others will be engulfed iu the maelstrom of bankruptcy. These debts may been in what was considered a perfectly safe ratio to their property ;butthis latest experience shows that scarcely any ratio or amount of indebtedness is perfectly safe and consistent with the safety and comfort of the debtor. "Owe no man anything," is a Scriptural injunction which, like the other commands of Scripture, it is well always to observe. There is no other safe rule. FOR THE FIRST TIME. For the first time in the history of onr country, perhaps, foreign born residents are willing to work their way back to Europe again if afforded the opportunity. The officers of Germau vessels sailing from New York have been besieged with such applications for several days, aud are acceding to as many of them as possible. This is one of the most remarkable effects of the presnnt financial stringency. Of late years newly-arrived immigrants exhibit a greater desire to settle iu our towns and cities thau was formerly the case, and this is where the dif ficulty arises. If a larger proportion of them would come here with a view of settling iu the far West, and opening up farms of their own, there would be room for all. As they are doing at present, there is not room for all. The slightest financial jar fills our cities with unemployed mechanics and laborers. A Local Knowledge of Farming. There are truths that apply to all soils But there are also truths aud they are many that apply only to localities, and these differ according to the locality. Hence book knowledge has only a general application. There must be a knowledgo of the particular soil worked. This can only be acquired by practice by working the sou aud noting its effect. Analysis will acquaint us with the material of which the soil is composed. Yet there is something besides this that is important; some of this is known, and some is en tirely in the dark. Who knows, for in stance, what causes the superior quality of tobacco raised in some soils apparently the same as the contiguous land, which produces an inferior kind? This is com mon in the Island of Cuba, where our best tobacco is grown ; also an interior quality So, eminently, with grapes, llie same grape does much better in some sections this often independent of the climate. The grape (some sorts) will also grow thrifty, but bear little in some sections in others do remarkably aud uniformly well, improving the quality. There is some element unknown that has an e fleet All this, aud much more that might be said on this head, shows that a soil in order to know its capacity, must be test ed. Hence a local knowledge of farming is indispensable to success. Books point only in a gcnerol way, A complete science of agriculture requires a knowl edge of all the localities, as science is the result of knowledge. It will there fore he seen how much there Is to do for the farmer : he must rely upon himself, see and note accurately. Only the best heads arc the best farmers, and these not necessarily the best educated, but al wars aud necessarily those having the best acouaintance with their ' soil. The two, a local and a general knowledge. combined are the highest requisite Then thorough work, and success is as sured.niaking farming a safe, a profitable thing, as well as a very pleasant and agreeable occupation. HOTEL LEASED. We learn that Capt. James W. Brown, of Kcadsville, Callaway county, has leased the Martin House for a term of three years with the privilege of extending the lease to five years, lie takes the furniture, &c.', aud will be in possession by the 15th of January. Capt. Brown is the gentleman whose mules were stolon by the notorious KesE-lers. Mexic9 Intelligencer. MISCELLANEOUS. It. J. PATTERSON, BiLKER -AND- Corner Asylum and Nichols street, FULTON, MISHOUISI. O: RETURNING thanks for past favors and respectfully request a continuance of the same, 1 desire to remind my friends and the public generally that I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock of Coufeotlons, Also, always on hand, IrosH. Bread, fl.-u.sls.-. Pies And a good assortment of C .A. K IE . Orders for Weddings and Parties So- licitcd. March 7, 1873. (lG-tf.) Dr. Gr. 31- Hootes- DENTIST, (Successor to Dr. J. W. Veach.) S now fully proparcd to perforin all Dental operations in the best and most scientific manner. All work warranted. Office Over old Bank, Court street, Fulton, Mo. June 2, 2871. 2J-n.j JlsrO. .A.. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON, MO. WILL practice in Callaway and adjoining counties. Offick In the Court House. April 7, 1871. 21-ly. D. IP. BAILEY, Attorney at Law, FULTON,JVIISSOUIlI. WILL practice in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Offick with LAV. Boclware tnthe Court House. January 7, 1873. 9 ly-1 OO TO Godfrey's Gallery WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS are made equal II to anv in North Missouri, and the most bcautitul PORCLAIN PICTURES. GEMS As cheap and good as they can be had anywhere. A few copies of mmmit mm cEmincAiss, Still on hand. Special pains talien with Children, and in Copying. GALLERY-Over Herdon & Har ris' Drug Store. March 31, 1871. 20-tf. FARM FOB SALE. rXIHE farm belonging to the estate of nor- 1 aceShelev. dee'd.and situated about three miles west of New Bloom field, Callaway coun ty, Mo., is offered at private sale. It consists ot 320 acres oi tne Dest quality ot tnuDereu upland, about 140 acres in cultivation, mod erate Improvements. A lasting spring of water is on the land. Persons desiring to purchase the same will call on J. A. Nichols, on the premises, who will take pleasure in showing the land. For terms of sale, they will address me at Independence, Mo. 1'lie title is A. A I " n T. DTTPf I ' A Ex'r of the last will and tustauient of Horace Sheley, dee'd. June 3, 1870. 30-tf LOW RESERVOIR Are Suited to all Climates, AND FAMOUS FOB BEING BEST TO USE I J CHEAPEST TO BUY 1 1 I EASIEST T0SELL11I Famous for doiog mors and SSBETTER COOKING, --.W"-,-. DOIXCI IT Quicker nndCbcsper Than may Store oftlia cost. Wlfrs Famous for their ,Mri STESIIlia T7CSTH, OIUVl? Snratilltjr aai CsaTeahnc. Famous for their FAMOUS FOK CIVINO k" Especially Adapted, TO TUB mil or svm mmu BOLD -BIT Excelsior Manufacturing Company, ST. I.OHS, IO., A!B NEAL & KAYSER, FlILTOX, MO. August 22, 1873. 11-Cin. STRAY COW. s TRAYED from New Bloonifleld, in this county, about the Nth ot bopteniDer, a M11.C11 COW, no marks or nraiuw, run and white spotted, rather speckled on top of tho back ; also crumpled horni-d ; was giving milk at tho time she strayed. Five ollars reward will be paid to any person who will deliver said stray to me in New Bloomfleld. J. It. FREEMAN. October 10, 1873. -tf. MISCELLANEOUS. T. (Successor to C. M. Wright & Co.) DEALER IN Faints and Oils, PERFUMERY, Toilet i.rtioles. VARNISIIE8, zd"2":e stuffs, PURE LIQUORS, For Medical Purposes. COURT STREET, FULTON, MO. C. LI. WEIGHT. SALESMAN. April 11, 1873. L21-ly. L.. W. McKIXXEY, ATTORNE Y-A T-T. A W, FULTON, MISSOURI, PRACTICES in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Office (For the present) in the Tele graph Printing House. May 10, 1S73. (2G-tf.) CALLAWAY COUNTY lavings Bank, FULTON, IVIO.- EDWIX CURD, .President. IV. T. bXCLL Cashier. DIRECTORS : JL TUCKER, JXO. A. HOCKADAY, B. XESBIT, W. T. SXELL, EDWIN CURD. "T rlT.Li do a General Banking and Ex T change Business. Collections and Re- ftuttanccs 1'roinptly Made. January 0, 1S73. (8-tf.) BLACIikSMITHING, AND HORSE SHOEING. I AM NOW prepared to do all kinds of Ul&cksmlthlng in tin the neatest, most substantial and ex- pemtious manner. AL.I, 1VORK WARRANTED. HOKSE-SIIOEING I will pay especial attention to HORSE SHOEING And flatter myself that I can pive entire sat- iMacuou to an who lavor nie wltn their patronage. I eninlov onlv lirst cl.oas wnrkmen and superintend all work done at my establishment, jjhop on Nichols street, just be- ninu i ELEOKApa olhee. A. SLOAN Oct. 13, 1871. t48-tf.j O. FISHER 9 artolo Out AND GENERAL STONE WORK. TOMBSTONES. Monuments, and all kinds of Marble and Stone Work, in the best styles, at reasonable prices. Shop North side Asylum street, near Jef- xerson srreet, union, aio. April 24, 1871. 234y, JAMES WILSON. A. G. DAWSON WILSON & DAWSON, FULTON, MO., HAVE JUST opened in this city "Lumber Yard, on Nichols stree a New street, near OU1& Jordan's Livery Stable, where they would be pleased to have a call from the nub- lie generally, assuring them that they have iue largest auu oess SIOCK OI Ever brought to Fulton. Their stock con sists of k$ ni hni Luster. Joists, Scanting, Finished Flooring, Ceiling, Shingles, Pickets. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, &c. June 7. 1S72. (29-tf.) Public Administrator's Notice. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the under-1A signed. Public Administrator of Callaway county, Mo., took charge of the estate of John J. Gee, deceased, by order of the county court, made at the October adjourned term, 1873, for the purpose of administration.All persons having claims against said estate, are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters or be precluded from any benefit thereof. J. W. OVERTON, Public Ad'mr. Oct. 24, 1S73. 50-3 Public Administrator's Notice. ""VrOTlCK is hereby given tliat the undcr-signed, Public Administrator of Callaway co inty, Mo., took charge of the estate of Leonid is (lee, deceased, by order of the county court, made at the October adjourned tcrm,IS73, for the purpose of administration. All persons having claims against said estate, are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters, or be precluded from anv beuelit thereof. J. W. OVERTON, Pub. Adui'r. Oct 24, 1S73. 50 3w. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the under-signed has obtained from the clerk of the County Court ol Callaway county, letters of Administration, in vacation, upon the estate of Mary A. Breckbill, deceased, bearing date November 8, l!S73. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date ol said let ters or be precluded from anv benefit thereof. SAMUEL L. BRECKBILL, Adm'r. November 14.1873. (l-3w.) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. CTOTIC 'E is hereby given that letters of ad-ministration upon the estate of Martin Baker, dee'd., have been granted to the undersigned by the clerk of the Callaway county court, bearing date October 2"2. 1873. All persons having claims against said estate, are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters or bo precluded from anv benetit thereof. ROBERT X. BAtfER. Ad'mr. OCt. 23, 1873. 150-3W. MISCELLANEOUS. NSURANCE AGENCY. F. S. FOSTOIST REPRESENTS THE onnecllcut Life lmruca Cospuj. if Hiruord, Conn. Assets Jan. 1, "73, 34,936,141.1S. FIRE COMPANIES. CONTINENTAL INS. GO. OF N. YORK, Assets,. $2,384,951,81. PHGENIX OF HARTFORD. Assets, Jan. 1, 'J3, l,ft83,64.ft AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., 07 ST. LOUIS, M0. Assets f 544,43.8. ST. JOSEPH FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO. OF ST. JOSEPH, M0. Assets $494,17.3B. , These Companies are all A No. 1. Tha.v . . rates are lair, ana tuose aesirinz insurance should call on the undersigned at once. J?1. S. POSTOWi August 8, 1873. 3-ly. Bean's Stone Pump. FOR CALLAWAY COUHTY, BIO. THIS SUPERIOR PUMP can be seen at the Ilard ward store of NEAL. K KAYSER, Fulton, Bf. August 2D, 1873. (42-3m.) E. M. BRYAN, M. D., BARKERSVUXE, ZXO. RESPECTFULLY TENDERS his professional services to the public. Can at all hours be found at his office unless professionally absent. juayu, 1873. iza lyj C-A-XjXJA.'W".A."3r FULTON, MISSOURI. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000, With Power to Increase Same to $250,000. F. G. NICHOLS, L. WHEELER,.. ....Pbvsidkht. Cashixx. WM. WILL Buy and Sell Exchange on St. Louis and Eastern Cities; also. Gold Silver. County and City Warrants and Uncur- rent aioney. Accommodations Afforded, Deposits Received and Collections Made Promptly, and Remitted at Current Rates on Exchange. , li. T7i i , l i T r duiku ur uuirxiuiis. i . vr. i iuuuis, A. it Boulware, Win. L. Wheeler, R. W. Turemaa and Wm. II. Bailey. May 30, 1873. 25 Iy EOBERT McPHEETERS, Notary 3Eia.t3llot CONCORD, MO. "pvEEDS, MORTGAGES, &c", prepared on 'reasonable terms. March 1G, 1872. 17-tf A. W. HARRIS, Attorney and Connselor at Law FULTON, MISSOURI- WILL attend to all cases entrusted to his care in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and in the Supreme Court of Missouri. "' tt Particular and prompt attention given to collections. Ojtice In Court House with I. W. Bouz. ware, Esq. June 16, 1871. 31-Sm. Ira h liwul, Esdlig & Loghg HOUSE! MEALS AT ALL HOUR a. VALENTINE BECK, Proprietor. OYSTERS and Sardines kept on hand aud for sale at reasonable prices. ( Restaurant one door west of H.Ettenson's clothing store, on Broadway. February 2l, 1873. (14-6m.) WEEKLY, SEMI-WEEKLY AND DAILY. THE WEEKLY SUN Is too widely known to require any extended recommendation ; but the reasons which have already given It fifty thousand subscribers, and which will, we nope, give it many inousanas more, are briefly as tollows : It is a first-rate newspaper. All the news of the day will be found in it, condensed when unimportant, at full length when of moment, and always presented in a clear, intelligible, and interesting manner. It is a first-rate family paper, full of entertaining and instructive reading of every kind, but containing nothing that can offend the most delicate and scrupulous taste. - It is a flrst-rate story paper. The best . tales and romances of current literature are carefully selected, and legibly printed in its pages. It is a first-rate agricultural paper. The most iresh and instructive articles on agricultural topics regularly appear in this department.It is an independent political paper, belonging to no party and wearing no collar. It fights for principle, and for the election of the best men to ollice. It especially devotes its energies to the exposure of the great corruptions that now weaken and disgrace onr country, and threaten to undermine republican institutions altogether. It has no fear of knaves, aud asks no favors from their supporters.It reports the fashions for the ladies and the markets for the men, especially the cattle markets, to which it pays particular attention.Finally, it is the cheapest paper published. One dollar a year will secure it for any subscriber. It is not necessary to get up a club in order to have THE WEEKLY SUN at this rate. Any one who sends a single dollar will get tho paper for a year. We have no traveling agents. THE WEEKLY SITV. Eight pages, fifty-six columns. Only 91 .OO a year. No discounts from this rate. THE SE.HI-WEEKLT SVif. Same size as the Daily Sun. $A.OO a year. A discount of 20 per cent, to clubs of lO or over. THE DAILY SHUT. A large four-page newspaper of twenty-eight columns. Daflr circulation over 130,000. All the news for 'i cents. Subscription price 50 cents a month, or 6. OO a year. To clubs of lO or over, a discount of 20 per cent. Address. "THE SUN," N. Y. City. November 14, 1873. (1 tf.) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. , NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has obtained from the clerk of the County Court of Callaway county, letters of Administration upon the estate ot Mary E. Moreitz, deceased, bearing date Oct, 22, 1873. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters or be precluded from any benefit thereof. LOUIS II. SARTOR, Adm'r. . Oct. 24, 1873. 60-3W. Southern Saviags B&nk? '1 i -- . "J , i v. - H "A V

1EO-J VOL. XXIX. FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 28, 1873. NO. 3. A IS "Tf TP Ittltott Sdcgrauli.. Established in 1839. Old Series Vol. xxxv. Published Every Friday by X oh.ii IB. Williams. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, tn advance,.. . .$2 00 ' Single copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, Five cents each. AN OPEN LETTER TO ANY GIRL WHO CLAIMS IT. . They tell me you are what the world calls a flirt; that all the little attractions which nature has given you have been subordinated to base uses, and you hare openly boasted of the conquosts you have made through the power of coquetry. Pause, I beg of you ; it is not yet too late; you cannot know whither this tendency is leading you, or you would never have entered the path. There are many reasons why you should pause. The fact that you are so debasing your womanhood proves conclusively that yon could ever have known the power of a passion that has many times made angels of demons. Oh! you blush. It is well; it gives hope for the future ; it tells that you are not dead to reason and shame. , Shall I tell you why you are on the brink ot terrible danger ? Does not your own heart toll you that some time, as there enters into the heart of every man and every woman sooner or later, a love stronger than death and true as truth, so it must como to you, and in your soul of ouls you must feel that the only man worthy the admiration and love of any woman is one that would not for an instant trifle with the affections of another? Do you think that the true man whom you could honor as a husband would care to take to his embrace a wife whose line had been sullied by careless and promiscuous contact with any who had chanced to be the plaything of the hour? You may plead, iu extenuation of your fault, that you were engaged to those whose caresses you permitted, but, iii the several instances referred to, discovered before it was too late that you had mistaken a passing fancy for a life-long affectiou. It is. no excuse at all ; indeed, it proves you weaker than before. You have no right to promise yourself iu marriage to a man whom you are not sure you can love until death. These are not to be made matters of hasto and when you so far forget your womanly dignity as to snap at any chance bait , that may be offered, to find out later that you are mistaken, you must not wonder that-yonr name is bandied carelessly about among your masculine acquaintances, and the better kind of men begin to shun you. There is a difference, m v ronnsr friend. between prudishuess and womanly self-respect, and you will always find that any man, high or low. pure" in thought or thoroughly debased, will not forget the deference duo to a true woman. You ought to kuow instinctively that familiarity is 'no evidence of manly regard, and the proffered caress too often springs from a motive so base that 1 need not name it. Guard yourself, then, that, when the time does come iu which yeu can truly say to any man that he is more to yon than all else, you will have no reluctance to lay before him the history of your past life, unspotted by the breath of suspicion, untarnished by practices net open to the world; and, when the time does come, as you would have true ' sympathy and happiness in the future, ?;ive each other your confidence regard-ug the past; let there be no sealed pages, no forgotten details, whose ghostly presence will haout you ever after, and, if discovered, cast a shadow between you sad him who has trusted you. HOW KEENAN DIED. Grace Greenwood In the New York Times. X am convinced that consumption, in Its earlier stages, cannot only be arrested, but cured, by a residence in Colorado: but consumptives iu the last stages should by no means be sent out here. Sometimes they liuger a little longer, but more ften the end is hastened, especially if the patient comes alone. The air of " Mauitou, ever so balmy to me, was too strong for poor Johu C. Heenau, oppressing bis magnificent chest, and producing hemorrhages. , It seemed to all who saw : him that he might live if be could ouly keep up heart but he was utterly cast down. Ills sickness, comparatively sudden, the rapid decline of his splendid physical powers, seemed to him so mysterious, so unnatural, that he was subdued and frightened. There was in his look the mute, pathetic helplessness of some strong animal stricken down, but i not "consenting onto death." 1 am glad to have it to say that Mr. Heeuan expressed to his physician great regret and s manly shame for much of his past career, and s humble desire to live, that he might "lead s better life." Coffiu never closed over s more superb human figure than his was sll chance lor "a better life" buried with that abused and wasted bsdy? - ' DON'T BE TOO CRITICAL. . Whatever von do, never set up for a critic. . We dou't mean a newspaper one, but in private life, in the domestic circle, In society, xt will not ao any one any d it will do you barm if you r i being called disagreeable, If you i Uie any one's nose, or object to - mar one's chin, don't put your feelings into words. If any one s manners don't olease you, remember your own. People are not all made to suit one taste; recol lect that. Take things as you find them. unless vou can alter them for the better Even a dinner, after it is swallowed can not be made any better. Continual fault finding, continual criticism of the conduct of this one and the speech of that one, the dress of the other and the opinions of t'other, will make home the unuappiest nlaee under the suu. If vou are never pleased with any one, no oue will ever be pleased with you. And if it is known that vod are hard to suit, few will take paius to suit you. IT IS BETTER. Better to wear a calico dress without trimmings if it be paid for, than to owe the ahoDkeener for the most elegant silk, cut and trimmed in the most bewitching -omaoner. ' Hotter to live in a I02 cabin all your - awn than In a brown stone mansion be lntifrinir to somebody else. Better to walk forever than run iu debt ' far a horse and carriage. Better to sit bv a nine table, for which you paid three dollars ten years ago, than , to send home a new extension black wal-not top, aud promise to pay for it next Better to let vour wife have a fit of hvsterics than to run in debt for new furniture or cloth, or anything else that women wish for. A fit of hysterics prop erly managed is often of more real benefit than anything you couiu uuy. ' Coal Fields. Prof. Hitchcock 6tates that the total area of the coal fields i the United States amounts to 230,659 ' aouare miles, besides the strata which "' haloiiffa to other formations thau the car luuiiriiMni .a fnr innlniice. tnoBB OI Virginia, of the territories west of the vlllssouri river, ana tuose in uwiwrum. HOPE FOR DRUNKARDS. The Inebriate Asylum at Binghampton, New York. A Patient's Description of the Place and its Inmates. Inebriety a Disease that Can Be Permanently Cured. To the Editor of the St. Louis Times : A great desire has been manifested by people of the West who have inebriate friends or relations, to obtain some knowledge of tho institutions where the debasing habit of drunkenuess can be cured, aud all desire for stimulants removed forever. Ilenco I write this letter, iu which I hope to give an intelligent idea of the institution and tho system on which they are conducted, as well as the mode of treatment and the expense incurred by inmates. Of the only two inebriate asylums of which I have any knowledge, one is located at Baltimore and the other at Binghainpton, N. Y. I have been an inmate of tho latter and am familiar with its workings. The institution is known as the New York State Inebriate Asylum. It was at first operated by private enterprise, but it was finally turued over to the State, aud has been for several years a State institution. It is conducted with the same care and goverued by the same humane laws as the insane, deaf aud dumb or blind asylums. Persons from other States are not debarred from its benefits, but are admitted on the same terms as the citizens ot New York. The building is a large stone structure and is situated on a high hill overlooking the city of Binghampton. It is well furnished and the internal arrangements are admirable. Any one going there will find a comfortable and pleasant home. Within the walls is a chapel where divine service is held twice every day. There is also a theater in which the dra matically iuclined may amuse themselves, a carpenter shop, furnished with a coin- Clete set of tools, a billiard room, a li-rary aud reading room, freo for all patients, and a club room belonging to the OUapod club. 1 he asylum is at present presided over by Dr. Lyman Congdou, a gentleman of the highest order of talent aud a physician of great repulo iu this State. Ilia kind, urbane manners at once attract the unfortunate inebriate, who recogniz es in him a friend and father. Dr. Congdon has made inebriety the study of a lifetime and unhesitatingly pronounces it a disease as well defined as either the yellow fever or small-pox, and as susceptible ot treatment as the above, or any other disease. The treatment is based on the principle of total abstinence, wholesome food and regular hours for meals and sleep, together with the moral agencies brought to bear, contributing, to a great extent, to effect a cure. Briuging, or causing to be brought, anything in the way, of alcoholic stimulants on the premises is the gravest offense known to the rules, aud is punishable accordingly, often resulting in the expulsion of the offender from the asylum. There are at present eighty-five patiduts in the asylum, representing almost all the States aud Territories in the Union and several from the Canadas. This number embraces persons of all trades and professions lawyers, doctors, ministers, priests, authors, editors, teachers, merchants, musicians of all ages, rang ing from nineteen to eighty. Jkvery available moral and medical agency is brought to bear on the patient, aud it may be said of the skill and as siduous attentions of the officers of the asylum that fully eighty per cent, of the patients admitted return to their homes entirely cured of the debasing habit of drunkenness. From long experience in the treatment of this "disease," aud a careful investi gation of the habits and character of the patieut, the officers in a short time draw very correct conclusions. If, iu their ndgment, a patient cannot be improved, he is discharged, thus enabling his friends or relations to avoid the expense ot main taining turn in the Institution. Howev er, if a patient goes there with a heart- leit desire to be cured, with the determination to obey to the letter all the suggestions of the officers in charge, aud give his hearty co-operation iu all meas ures taken in bis behalf, he may rely on a permanent cure, though some fall in ?' - i J . r i L t a ' si wtin oiu associations aim nanus, auu are ere long returned to serve out another term of probation. That Inebriety is s disease is a con firmed fact, in the minds of the most eminent physicians, both in Europe and America. At the present time it is at tracting more attention thau any other disease known to the medical science, both on account of its alarming increase and its effects upon its victims. This being s state institution, the pa tients pay merely enough to cover ex Denses. the scale of prices ranging from eight to twenty dollars per week, mciua ing washing. The difference in price re -. . . . . . . ates only to the rooms and accommoda tion required. The table is alike for all, and is always provided with the best the market affords. All who euter the doors of the asylum are received on the same rooting, the poor and numme iaring as well as the most favored sons of fortune. It would be well if our own Legislature would take this subject into serious con sideration, and I hope that ere many ses sions of that august body have been held, measures will be taken to provide an asy lum where the poor inebriate may find a home free from all contaminating in fluences. until such time as he can be discharged aud stand before the world free and disenthralled a man again. IKLHAM, P. S. I was not the only man at the asylum from St. Louis or Missouri. The city and State are, in fact, well represented at;tho present time, and a good many others that 1 know of ought to be there. P. The Expenses Which Women Go To Women always go to extremes. They never have anything but what they wish it was bigger. Give a woman a ten-story house and she will sigh for an attic, 'it I had only some place to store things, you know r Do you know why water falls went out of fashion? it was be caust they got so big they could no long cr carry them. Don't you remember, at first they were no bigger than your fist; tiien they were as big as your two fists ; then the size of sugar-bowls ; and then they grew rapidly to dinner, market, aud bushel-basket size; aud their pro portions and weight were so cumbersome that they suddenly went out. It was so with hoops. Uur daughters commenced with keg-hoops, and wound up with the hogsheads, and then they went out. Then came the bustle, which grew so rapidly that it at last took four spiral bed-springs to make it stick out-aud, now., like Toby's candle, it is flickering out. And now come buttons. Touching Devotiox. Mr. Doty, of Springfield, Illinois, married a beautiful wo?ian. He lived with her a life of the exfremcst happiness for one year, when she died. Upon her death-bed, the foolish woman exacted a promise from the foolish man that he would never wed again. At that time ho was sure he would not. In due course of time the old love wore off, aud Mr; Doty became, engaged to a Chicago belle. Alter a while the memory of his promise to the dead woman haunted him and so affected his happiness that be told his friends ho feared it would cause him to commit suicide. It did. Being in Springfield he went to the room formerly occupiet by himself and wife, and blew out bis brains. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. A Social Grace That Cannot be Generally Cultivated. too Certain amiable cynics are so gracious as to say that most of the troubW; iu the world comes from women writing letters. AVith this kindly remark they dismiss the epistolary subject as too trivial for their mighty regard. Fortunately, this opinion is seldom expressed, ami letter-writing has not. therefore fallen into such disrepute as it must have done had this view been widely held. Good correspondence is oue of the social graces. To compose a really excellent letter is a most difficult and delicate task, calling into play all the intellectual faculties,and excercising them each iu turn. Thousands of persons, of good position and average culture, go to their graves without ever having written a creditable epistle during their wholo lives. Most people do not correspond with persons with whom they are on formal terms; and, when they write to relatives and intimates, they scratch oil' something about Jane's engagement, Harry's sprained ankle or Mr. Jones' change of business call it a letter. These family matters are undoubtedly interesting to the recipients but it would also be pleasant to know the writer's opiniou of a new book the last picture from some celebrated easel or the cause of some great national agitation. It is only through letters that widely separated friends can keep pace with each other's mental and spiritual growth and, if these subjects are never touched upon how can either tell whether the other has become an intellectual dwarf or giant since they met ? The gilt of language, of correct word using, is bestowed on few by Mother Nature ; but it is susceptible of great cultivation aud no method so naturally cultivates facility of expression as the habit of writing thoughtful letters. Instead of fewer letters, more and better ones ought to be written. Children should be encouraged and aided in their feeble attempts at correspondence, for they are laying the foundation of luture intellectual delight, if they but carefully try each time to do their best. Felicities of phrase, the power of expressing delicate 6hndes of meaning will come with practice. The habit of writing induces verbal exactness which conversation rarely or never docs, and is advantageous in many ways. The interchange of ideas and sentiments iu private correspondence is a mental stimulus too little appreciated and heeded, and, where time and circumstances favor, cauuot be too sedulously improved INTERLINING. Interlining is a sign of thoughtlessness id a sign of thought. As a sign of thoughtlessness, it shows that we did not think to put down at first writing what we intended. As a sign of thought, it shows that we have reviewed it and thought of something new. Some of 11a-cauley's essays were so interlined before he wrote them off the last time for the printer, that no one but himself could possibly read them. The interlining of a sermon is generally the best part of it. Every young minister's sermons should be well interlined ; after writing, review them carefully, and you will see room for improvement ; and preaching will give birth to thoughts that ought to be saved. When you read a poem, whose numbers flow smooth and sweet, you may think it came from the poet's heart and hand in that condition ; but if you knew its history, you would see that even that which men call inspiration sometimes needs improvement aud correction.Our lives are written upon our memo ries , the plain, bare outline recording sin and sorrow, and here and there the writing is buried with tears but it is all interlined by the hand of mercy. We can not see it now, for it is written with invisible ink ; but when the light of eternity falls upon it, that will be the clearest and brightest. Shining like gold, it will throw a soft lustre over the dark sentences we have written, so bright that they will be hidden ; or only be seen like spots on the sun, and Mercy's interlining alone will be read. But there is one record that we can not interline our lives written on others hearts. How gladly we would review, and write a kind act here, erase a frown there, put iu a loving word, a bright smile, and a tender expression. Harshness would be erased and gentleness written ; but no, no I "What we have written, we have written." Did Mercy interline that? God giant we may see it so in eternity. INTERESTING TO TRAVELERS. Fifteen Hundred Dollars Damages for Being Put off the Cars. The Circuit Court of Jackson county recently rendered a decision iu a suit brought against a railroad company, which is of interest to every one who may have occasion to ride upon railroads. Dr. Traver, a prominent dentist of Kansas City, purchased a ticket at Junction City, Kansas, paying full fare from that point to Kansas City. Dr. Travel's ticket was taken up by the conductor of the tram, and a check was given iu exchange, which was placed in Traver's hat. During the night, and while the train was between Lawrence and Kansas City, Traver was aroused suddenly by Conductor Shingle and his check taken from his hat, with the remark : "Here, you have stolen this click from a passen ger in the front car. You must pay your fare from here to Kansas Guy or get oil tho train." Dr. Traver expostulated with the conductor, and endeavored to convince him that he had paid his fare, and the check just taken from Imn was evidence of that fact. Dr. Traver was expelled from the car anil obliged to stand alongside the track until morning, when he took the next train to Kansas City, where suit was entered for dam ages. After a full hearing in the case, damages to the amount of $l,.0O() was awarded. Horse-Shoeing Extraordinary. Sonic days ago a match was made between two horse-slioers of South Brooklyn, each man betting $100 that he could make more horse-shoes than the other within a specified time. The names ot the men arc John Burns and George Boyle, and as both have the reputation of being adepts in the art ofhorse-shoeing the contest excited a good ileal of in terest. Tho match came oil last week, and was attended by large numbers of horse-shoers and sporting men from New York, New Jersey, and even t lie neighboring States of Connecticut and Penn sylvania. George Boyle worked iu his brother's shop, on Livingston street, and Burns worked at blavin if shop, on Atlantic avenue. Patrick Boyle watched Burns, and Slavin watched Boyle. Each man had a helper, the men worked eight hours, during whieh-Boyle turned out 11,010 shoes, while Burns manufactured but 11,000, thus losing the match. As an exhibition of endurance and skill, the feat was a most remarkable one, and surpasses anything in the horse-shoeing line ever accomplished in America. Some thousands of dollars changed hands on the result. New York Times. PROGRESS OF THE ORDER. The number of Granges reported by O. H. Kelly, secretary of the National Grange, on tho 8th of October was 8,025 which was an increase over his report of October 18th of '258. Thus the work of seven days will givo some idea of the growth of the order in theUnit-ertates. Captain Fry, of the Virginius. From the Memphis Ledger. The gallant gentleman whose name heads this article was lately murdered by the brutal representative of Spain iu Cuba. Captain Fry will bo known to many of our citizens when we tell them who he is. He was a Floridian, and entered the navy of tho United States on the 15th of September, 1841, and the navy of the Confederate States on the 2Gth of March, 1861. He commanded a small gunboat called the Ivy, aud passed up and down between New Orleans and Columbus, Ky., several times iu 1861. Iu the first part of 1862 he commanded the gunboat Maurepas, one of Hollins' fleet, and in the fights about Tiptouville, theCominodore frequently complained that Fry would not keep in the place assigned to him, but would "crowd" the batteries and do more than his share of tho work ; Upon the fall of Memphis, two of Hollins' vessels were sent to Arkansas. The Maurepas under Fry went up White rivor to a point below St. Charles where her guns were lauded and placed in battery. The gunboats of the enemy made a vigorous attack on the work, and were fairly and thoroughly thrashed and driven away. One was blown up and her entire crew killed. The place, however, was flanked, and Captain Fry was dangerously wounded, and fell into the hands of tho enemy. At Mound City, 111., he came near dying of his wounds, but was nursed by the Sisters of Mercy, and survived, he being a very devoted and enthusiastic Catholic. After his exchange lie was sent to run the blockade for tho government, where he remained until towards the close of the war. lie was noteil for his gallantry and great generosity of character. He cleared his ship for action in a manner that would have delighted Nelson, and was as kind to his crew and officers as if they had been his children. After the war he went to live in New Orleans, though industrious and frugal found it difficult to support his large family, and was no doubt in great poverty when he accepted the command of the Virginius. At the time of his death Capt. Fry was about forty-eight years of age, but looked much older, due to his sufferings from the wound received on Whito river, aud the general tendency to early decay of sea-faring men. HELP ONE ANOTHER. . This little sentence should be written on every heart stamped on every memory. It should bo tho golden rule prac ticed, not only in every household, but throughout the world. By helping one another we not only remove thorns from the pathway and anxiety from the mind, but we feci a sense of pleasure in our hearts, knowing we arc doing a duty to a fellow creature. A helping hand or an encouraging word is no loss to us, yet it is a benefit toothers. Who has not felt the power of a sentence? Who lias not needed the encouragement and aid of a kind friend? How soothing when perplexed with sonic task that is both dillicult and burdensome, to feel a gentle hand on tho shoulder, and to hear a kind voice whispering, "Do not be discouraged ; I see your troubles, let mo help you." What strength is inspired, hope created, what sweet gratitude is felt, and the great difficulty dissolves as dew before the sunshine. Yes, let us help one another, by endeavoring to strengthen and encourage the weak, and lifting the burden of care from the weary aud oppressed, that life may glide smoothly on, and the fount of bitterness yield sweet waters ; and. He, whose willing hand is ever ready to aid us, will reward our humble endeav ors, and every good deed will be as "bread upon the waters, to return after many days.'7 it not toils, at least to those we love. THE LADIES' CAR. The "ladies' car" is a vicious fashion, and fosters the art of lying. There goes a young man at the heels of a lady whom he never saw before or spoke to in his life, and ho is carrying a spick-and-span new bandbox. Aly word for it, it is as empty as a church contribution box on Saturday afternoon. He bought that box for precisely that emergency. The lady ascends the platform. So does the bandbox. The brakeman opens the door, and the young man slips in unquestioned, and secures a comforaable seat, lherc is another man. He appears to be a good man. You are sure lie is, and he stands where the brakeman can see him, and he touches his hat to a window of the car where nobody is sitting, aud then with a little smiling affectionate haste, he skips up the steps and says, "Please let me iu a moment," and in he goes. That unfortunate man never beheld a face in that car iu all his life. The more you think of it, the more vicious the fashion seems. It does not benefit the ribbons, and is a positive damage to the whiskers. Pen men up together, and if they do not act like cat tle, it will be in spite of the pen ! Wo men sprinkled through the cars keep the train upon its honor, if not upon the track, and elevate the lumbering thing from a common carriago to an educator. "PATRONS AND OF HUSBANDRY" "GRANGERS." The terms "Patrons of Husbandry" and "Grangers" do not seem to be prop erly understood. "Patrons" are often erroneously sailed "Grangers." A "Granger," as defined by Webster, is a bailill. All members of tho order of "Patrons of Husbandry" are "Patrons." The "Grange" is the placo where they meet the lodge. With the same propriety might wo call Masons or Odd Fellows "Lodgers," because they meet in lodges. The word "Grange" is derived from the French, and means a granary, or a farm with stables and necessary outbuildings. As tho degrees of the Order can be worked in an open field as well a in tho granary, the place of meeting is called a "Grange." There are "Subordinate Granges," composed of members who have taken the first three degrees; "State G ranges," composed of the Masters and Past-Masters of the Subordinate Granges ; and a "National Grange," composed of the Masters andPast-Masters of the State Granges. There is no different designation for the members of the separate bodies ; all arc "Patrons." The members of the Order should attempt to correct the impression about "Grangers," which has become 60 prevalent.TWENTY FEET VEIN OF COAL. The Ottuniwa Co nrier of the 6th lias the following, which is remarkable, if true, and the Courier is good authority : "The city of Oskaloosa is sinking an ar tesian well iu the centre ot tno puunc square. At the distance of ninety feet from the surface they struck coal, aud report that they went through a vein twenty feet thick of good coal. The well is now sunk about 1.50 feet, and progressing at the rate of about 25 feet a day. We got, our information from a citizen of Oskaloosa." Cf Cuba has but little over one million inhabitants, but in 18(59 her imports were forty-three aud a half million dollars, and her exports lifty-seven millions. In 1K70, despite the war, her sugar and tobacco crop was valued at $75,000,000 gold, and tho amount of capital represented in tho production of these two articles of export was computed at 200,- 000,000, or $1,000,000,000 gold.- What a mine of wealth the Island might prove under a true Government. WORSE THAN DEATH. BY K. K. BROWN. I had three sons three darling boys, Fair as the rosy morn ; And every day I thanked my God That these three boys were born. They grew in beauty, and they filled My humble cot with glee ; My widowed life could not be sad, . Wince these were left to me. Death came ; a shining mark he found My first-born stricken lay ; I knelt besides his couch and prayed As only mothers pray. In vain ; upon his lips I pressed One last, long, lingeilng kiss, And thought that nevermore my heart Could know a pang like this. Years passed ; the other two went forth, To tread life's bnay mart. With health and strength in every limb, And love in each pure heart. And when war's clarion blast rang out Through all our favored land, My next boy rushed to meet the foe, Foremost in freedom's band. Bravely he met the battle's shock ; And history's pages tell How with our banner 'round him wrapped, My darling hero fell. He sleeps to-day where marble shafts Kise o'er the martvred dead : For him ray mother heart is proud, .even wune tnesc tears l sued. Still one was left my youngest boy I folded to my breast, And thought in his strong heart to find a rciuge aim a rest. But ah, a deeper grief than all Sweeps o'er my soul to-day ! I mourn as never yet I mourned ADove my hrst-born's clay ; For his pure spirit, free from sin, Soared to its native heaven. My next one died for freedom's sake llis hie was freely given. But this one over heart and brain A demon's spell is cast : Intemperance rules, with Iron hand, jiy youngest one. my last. I plead with him my prayers are scorned; In vain mv tears are spent : This is the bitterest cup of all is it in mercy sent r To see hiin steeped in sin and shame, He who was once my pride. With mind debased and heart estranged Would that he, too, had died ! My soul is wrung with anguish deep ; Father, I kneel to thee ! Thou who canst break the captive's bonds, un, set my uarnng iree. No Man Independent Money. Who Owes The advantages of the cash system of business have been shown with peculiar perspicuity during the monetary crisis which is still upon us. Many men who were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and somo who were worth millions only a few mouths ago , now owe money which is overdue and which they are unable to pay. When or how they will be able to pay if they ever are the events of the future alone can determine. Some will work and worry through; others will be engulfed iu the maelstrom of bankruptcy. These debts may been in what was considered a perfectly safe ratio to their property ;butthis latest experience shows that scarcely any ratio or amount of indebtedness is perfectly safe and consistent with the safety and comfort of the debtor. "Owe no man anything," is a Scriptural injunction which, like the other commands of Scripture, it is well always to observe. There is no other safe rule. FOR THE FIRST TIME. For the first time in the history of onr country, perhaps, foreign born residents are willing to work their way back to Europe again if afforded the opportunity. The officers of Germau vessels sailing from New York have been besieged with such applications for several days, aud are acceding to as many of them as possible. This is one of the most remarkable effects of the presnnt financial stringency. Of late years newly-arrived immigrants exhibit a greater desire to settle iu our towns and cities thau was formerly the case, and this is where the dif ficulty arises. If a larger proportion of them would come here with a view of settling iu the far West, and opening up farms of their own, there would be room for all. As they are doing at present, there is not room for all. The slightest financial jar fills our cities with unemployed mechanics and laborers. A Local Knowledge of Farming. There are truths that apply to all soils But there are also truths aud they are many that apply only to localities, and these differ according to the locality. Hence book knowledge has only a general application. There must be a knowledgo of the particular soil worked. This can only be acquired by practice by working the sou aud noting its effect. Analysis will acquaint us with the material of which the soil is composed. Yet there is something besides this that is important; some of this is known, and some is en tirely in the dark. Who knows, for in stance, what causes the superior quality of tobacco raised in some soils apparently the same as the contiguous land, which produces an inferior kind? This is com mon in the Island of Cuba, where our best tobacco is grown ; also an interior quality So, eminently, with grapes, llie same grape does much better in some sections this often independent of the climate. The grape (some sorts) will also grow thrifty, but bear little in some sections in others do remarkably aud uniformly well, improving the quality. There is some element unknown that has an e fleet All this, aud much more that might be said on this head, shows that a soil in order to know its capacity, must be test ed. Hence a local knowledge of farming is indispensable to success. Books point only in a gcnerol way, A complete science of agriculture requires a knowl edge of all the localities, as science is the result of knowledge. It will there fore he seen how much there Is to do for the farmer : he must rely upon himself, see and note accurately. Only the best heads arc the best farmers, and these not necessarily the best educated, but al wars aud necessarily those having the best acouaintance with their ' soil. The two, a local and a general knowledge. combined are the highest requisite Then thorough work, and success is as sured.niaking farming a safe, a profitable thing, as well as a very pleasant and agreeable occupation. HOTEL LEASED. We learn that Capt. James W. Brown, of Kcadsville, Callaway county, has leased the Martin House for a term of three years with the privilege of extending the lease to five years, lie takes the furniture, &c.', aud will be in possession by the 15th of January. Capt. Brown is the gentleman whose mules were stolon by the notorious KesE-lers. Mexic9 Intelligencer. MISCELLANEOUS. It. J. PATTERSON, BiLKER -AND- Corner Asylum and Nichols street, FULTON, MISHOUISI. O: RETURNING thanks for past favors and respectfully request a continuance of the same, 1 desire to remind my friends and the public generally that I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock of Coufeotlons, Also, always on hand, IrosH. Bread, fl.-u.sls.-. Pies And a good assortment of C .A. K IE . Orders for Weddings and Parties So- licitcd. March 7, 1873. (lG-tf.) Dr. Gr. 31- Hootes- DENTIST, (Successor to Dr. J. W. Veach.) S now fully proparcd to perforin all Dental operations in the best and most scientific manner. All work warranted. Office Over old Bank, Court street, Fulton, Mo. June 2, 2871. 2J-n.j JlsrO. .A.. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON, MO. WILL practice in Callaway and adjoining counties. Offick In the Court House. April 7, 1871. 21-ly. D. IP. BAILEY, Attorney at Law, FULTON,JVIISSOUIlI. WILL practice in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Offick with LAV. Boclware tnthe Court House. January 7, 1873. 9 ly-1 OO TO Godfrey's Gallery WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS are made equal II to anv in North Missouri, and the most bcautitul PORCLAIN PICTURES. GEMS As cheap and good as they can be had anywhere. A few copies of mmmit mm cEmincAiss, Still on hand. Special pains talien with Children, and in Copying. GALLERY-Over Herdon & Har ris' Drug Store. March 31, 1871. 20-tf. FARM FOB SALE. rXIHE farm belonging to the estate of nor- 1 aceShelev. dee'd.and situated about three miles west of New Bloom field, Callaway coun ty, Mo., is offered at private sale. It consists ot 320 acres oi tne Dest quality ot tnuDereu upland, about 140 acres in cultivation, mod erate Improvements. A lasting spring of water is on the land. Persons desiring to purchase the same will call on J. A. Nichols, on the premises, who will take pleasure in showing the land. For terms of sale, they will address me at Independence, Mo. 1'lie title is A. A I " n T. DTTPf I ' A Ex'r of the last will and tustauient of Horace Sheley, dee'd. June 3, 1870. 30-tf LOW RESERVOIR Are Suited to all Climates, AND FAMOUS FOB BEING BEST TO USE I J CHEAPEST TO BUY 1 1 I EASIEST T0SELL11I Famous for doiog mors and SSBETTER COOKING, --.W"-,-. DOIXCI IT Quicker nndCbcsper Than may Store oftlia cost. Wlfrs Famous for their ,Mri STESIIlia T7CSTH, OIUVl? Snratilltjr aai CsaTeahnc. Famous for their FAMOUS FOK CIVINO k" Especially Adapted, TO TUB mil or svm mmu BOLD -BIT Excelsior Manufacturing Company, ST. I.OHS, IO., A!B NEAL & KAYSER, FlILTOX, MO. August 22, 1873. 11-Cin. STRAY COW. s TRAYED from New Bloonifleld, in this county, about the Nth ot bopteniDer, a M11.C11 COW, no marks or nraiuw, run and white spotted, rather speckled on top of tho back ; also crumpled horni-d ; was giving milk at tho time she strayed. Five ollars reward will be paid to any person who will deliver said stray to me in New Bloomfleld. J. It. FREEMAN. October 10, 1873. -tf. MISCELLANEOUS. T. (Successor to C. M. Wright & Co.) DEALER IN Faints and Oils, PERFUMERY, Toilet i.rtioles. VARNISIIE8, zd"2":e stuffs, PURE LIQUORS, For Medical Purposes. COURT STREET, FULTON, MO. C. LI. WEIGHT. SALESMAN. April 11, 1873. L21-ly. L.. W. McKIXXEY, ATTORNE Y-A T-T. A W, FULTON, MISSOURI, PRACTICES in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Office (For the present) in the Tele graph Printing House. May 10, 1S73. (2G-tf.) CALLAWAY COUNTY lavings Bank, FULTON, IVIO.- EDWIX CURD, .President. IV. T. bXCLL Cashier. DIRECTORS : JL TUCKER, JXO. A. HOCKADAY, B. XESBIT, W. T. SXELL, EDWIN CURD. "T rlT.Li do a General Banking and Ex T change Business. Collections and Re- ftuttanccs 1'roinptly Made. January 0, 1S73. (8-tf.) BLACIikSMITHING, AND HORSE SHOEING. I AM NOW prepared to do all kinds of Ul&cksmlthlng in tin the neatest, most substantial and ex- pemtious manner. AL.I, 1VORK WARRANTED. HOKSE-SIIOEING I will pay especial attention to HORSE SHOEING And flatter myself that I can pive entire sat- iMacuou to an who lavor nie wltn their patronage. I eninlov onlv lirst cl.oas wnrkmen and superintend all work done at my establishment, jjhop on Nichols street, just be- ninu i ELEOKApa olhee. A. SLOAN Oct. 13, 1871. t48-tf.j O. FISHER 9 artolo Out AND GENERAL STONE WORK. TOMBSTONES. Monuments, and all kinds of Marble and Stone Work, in the best styles, at reasonable prices. Shop North side Asylum street, near Jef- xerson srreet, union, aio. April 24, 1871. 234y, JAMES WILSON. A. G. DAWSON WILSON & DAWSON, FULTON, MO., HAVE JUST opened in this city "Lumber Yard, on Nichols stree a New street, near OU1& Jordan's Livery Stable, where they would be pleased to have a call from the nub- lie generally, assuring them that they have iue largest auu oess SIOCK OI Ever brought to Fulton. Their stock con sists of k$ ni hni Luster. Joists, Scanting, Finished Flooring, Ceiling, Shingles, Pickets. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, &c. June 7. 1S72. (29-tf.) Public Administrator's Notice. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the under-1A signed. Public Administrator of Callaway county, Mo., took charge of the estate of John J. Gee, deceased, by order of the county court, made at the October adjourned term, 1873, for the purpose of administration.All persons having claims against said estate, are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters or be precluded from any benefit thereof. J. W. OVERTON, Public Ad'mr. Oct. 24, 1S73. 50-3 Public Administrator's Notice. ""VrOTlCK is hereby given tliat the undcr-signed, Public Administrator of Callaway co inty, Mo., took charge of the estate of Leonid is (lee, deceased, by order of the county court, made at the October adjourned tcrm,IS73, for the purpose of administration. All persons having claims against said estate, are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters, or be precluded from anv beuelit thereof. J. W. OVERTON, Pub. Adui'r. Oct 24, 1S73. 50 3w. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the under-signed has obtained from the clerk of the County Court ol Callaway county, letters of Administration, in vacation, upon the estate of Mary A. Breckbill, deceased, bearing date November 8, l!S73. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date ol said let ters or be precluded from anv benefit thereof. SAMUEL L. BRECKBILL, Adm'r. November 14.1873. (l-3w.) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. CTOTIC 'E is hereby given that letters of ad-ministration upon the estate of Martin Baker, dee'd., have been granted to the undersigned by the clerk of the Callaway county court, bearing date October 2"2. 1873. All persons having claims against said estate, are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters or bo precluded from anv benetit thereof. ROBERT X. BAtfER. Ad'mr. OCt. 23, 1873. 150-3W. MISCELLANEOUS. NSURANCE AGENCY. F. S. FOSTOIST REPRESENTS THE onnecllcut Life lmruca Cospuj. if Hiruord, Conn. Assets Jan. 1, "73, 34,936,141.1S. FIRE COMPANIES. CONTINENTAL INS. GO. OF N. YORK, Assets,. $2,384,951,81. PHGENIX OF HARTFORD. Assets, Jan. 1, 'J3, l,ft83,64.ft AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., 07 ST. LOUIS, M0. Assets f 544,43.8. ST. JOSEPH FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO. OF ST. JOSEPH, M0. Assets $494,17.3B. , These Companies are all A No. 1. Tha.v . . rates are lair, ana tuose aesirinz insurance should call on the undersigned at once. J?1. S. POSTOWi August 8, 1873. 3-ly. Bean's Stone Pump. FOR CALLAWAY COUHTY, BIO. THIS SUPERIOR PUMP can be seen at the Ilard ward store of NEAL. K KAYSER, Fulton, Bf. August 2D, 1873. (42-3m.) E. M. BRYAN, M. D., BARKERSVUXE, ZXO. RESPECTFULLY TENDERS his professional services to the public. Can at all hours be found at his office unless professionally absent. juayu, 1873. iza lyj C-A-XjXJA.'W".A."3r FULTON, MISSOURI. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000, With Power to Increase Same to $250,000. F. G. NICHOLS, L. WHEELER,.. ....Pbvsidkht. Cashixx. WM. WILL Buy and Sell Exchange on St. Louis and Eastern Cities; also. Gold Silver. County and City Warrants and Uncur- rent aioney. Accommodations Afforded, Deposits Received and Collections Made Promptly, and Remitted at Current Rates on Exchange. , li. T7i i , l i T r duiku ur uuirxiuiis. i . vr. i iuuuis, A. it Boulware, Win. L. Wheeler, R. W. Turemaa and Wm. II. Bailey. May 30, 1873. 25 Iy EOBERT McPHEETERS, Notary 3Eia.t3llot CONCORD, MO. "pvEEDS, MORTGAGES, &c", prepared on 'reasonable terms. March 1G, 1872. 17-tf A. W. HARRIS, Attorney and Connselor at Law FULTON, MISSOURI- WILL attend to all cases entrusted to his care in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and in the Supreme Court of Missouri. "' tt Particular and prompt attention given to collections. Ojtice In Court House with I. W. Bouz. ware, Esq. June 16, 1871. 31-Sm. Ira h liwul, Esdlig & Loghg HOUSE! MEALS AT ALL HOUR a. VALENTINE BECK, Proprietor. 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The most iresh and instructive articles on agricultural topics regularly appear in this department.It is an independent political paper, belonging to no party and wearing no collar. It fights for principle, and for the election of the best men to ollice. It especially devotes its energies to the exposure of the great corruptions that now weaken and disgrace onr country, and threaten to undermine republican institutions altogether. It has no fear of knaves, aud asks no favors from their supporters.It reports the fashions for the ladies and the markets for the men, especially the cattle markets, to which it pays particular attention.Finally, it is the cheapest paper published. One dollar a year will secure it for any subscriber. It is not necessary to get up a club in order to have THE WEEKLY SUN at this rate. Any one who sends a single dollar will get tho paper for a year. We have no traveling agents. THE WEEKLY SITV. Eight pages, fifty-six columns. Only 91 .OO a year. No discounts from this rate. THE SE.HI-WEEKLT SVif. Same size as the Daily Sun. $A.OO a year. A discount of 20 per cent, to clubs of lO or over. THE DAILY SHUT. A large four-page newspaper of twenty-eight columns. Daflr circulation over 130,000. All the news for 'i cents. Subscription price 50 cents a month, or 6. OO a year. To clubs of lO or over, a discount of 20 per cent. Address. "THE SUN," N. Y. City. November 14, 1873. (1 tf.) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. , NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has obtained from the clerk of the County Court of Callaway county, letters of Administration upon the estate ot Mary E. Moreitz, deceased, bearing date Oct, 22, 1873. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them as the law directs within two years from the date of said letters or be precluded from any benefit thereof. LOUIS II. SARTOR, Adm'r. . Oct. 24, 1873. 60-3W. Southern Saviags B&nk? '1 i -- . "J , i v. - H "A V